Apparition: Songs by Henry Purcell and George Crumb
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HENRY PURCELL / GEORGE CRUMB
Apparition: Songs by Henry Purcell and George Crumb
Christine Schafer (soprano) / Eric Schneider (piano)
[ Onyx / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 December 2011
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"Her exemplary clarity of tone and diction, and her emotional commitment to both composers, make for a powerful recital."
(BBC Music)
"The first part of the disc intersperses Crumb's moderately Coplandesque Three Early Songs (1947) with Purcell favourites like "Sweeter than Roses" and "Music for a While". The sovereign authority of Schäfer's voice and the intensity of her presence makes for a seamless narrative, and the clarity of her diction and innate dramatic sensibility revitalise the Purcell works."
(Gramophone)
"Given Christine Schäfer's wide-ranging repertoire, this mixing of 17th-century English and 20th-century American songs is no surprise. Her exemplary clarity of tone and diction, and her emotional commitment to both composers, make for a powerful recital."
(BBC Music)
Tracks:
Crumb:
Three Early Songs
Apparition
Purcell:
Music for a while, Z583
If music be the food of love, Z379
Ah! how sweet it is to love (from Tyrannic Love or The Royal Martyr, Z613)
Thrice happy lovers (An Epithalamium)
Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585)
From Rosy Bow'rs (from Don Quixote)
Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400
Crown the altar (from Come ye Sons of Art, Z323)
When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas)
